Edel SMS Iron Review
Everyone has heard of adjustable drivers but adjustable irons are far less commonplace. We’ve seen PXG irons with precision weighting that can be tweaked during a fitting but now there’s another player in the game from Edel Golf. We’ve seen Edel’s SMS (Swing Match System) at play in its impressive wedges and the concept has now been expanded into irons.
Watch Joel Tadman test the Edel SMS iron on the course in this video review
The Edel SMS is a hollow body, players distance iron constructed from a forged 1025 carbon steel body and a harder plasma welded maraging steel face cup. This is said to aid with distance, while a high-density urethane foam fill creates a forged like feel. Each iron has three weights, two 2-gram weights and a heavier 8-gram weight denoted by a red circle. Edel says the interchangeable weight system enables total clubface control. By moving the heaviest weight on the iron to its optimal position for your profile, it will work complementary to your swing and release motion to optimize your iron game. That can mean eliminating your miss right or left, improving face impact position, more distance, more accuracy, and optimized performance all around.
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These are some big claims we were keen to put to the test on the range using the Full Swing Kit launch monitor and then hitting shots into a par three green at Burghley Park Golf Club. Behind the ball, the Edel SMS iron looks inviting without being chunky. The topline is generous and there’s a hint of offset at play but it strikes a nice overall balance that should appeal to a wide range of handicaps and overall it has a clean, premium look to it. The Edel SMS 7-iron has a loft of 32° and so I decided to test it up against a competitor iron of a similar loft and size in the Mizuno Pro 223 iron.
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My first impression was that the Edel SMS feels quite firm off the face. It’s not as lively or responsive as the best golf irons I’ve tested this year so far and the launch monitor numbers backed this up in that…
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